We couldn't be prouder to share that our Illinois State Report Card designation is EXEMPLARY! This means that Fulton School ranks in the top-performing 10% of schools with no underperforming subgroups when looking at English Learner Proficiency; ELA, Math, and Science Proficiency and Growth, Chronic Absenteeism, and School Climate. This is an achievement attributed to our highly dedicated faculty and staff, our positive partnerships with YOU and our community, and of course our model FLAMES students! Thank you for your support!

Between Trunk or Treat and Fall parties, we fit in a lot of fun in last week! See below for lots of pictures and videos of these special events!

Also, starting tomorrow, we are hosting a food drive benefitting the Tinley Park Food Pantry serving our local community. We appreciate our Fulton family's concern for others who may struggle with food insecurity. In addition to our district drive, several local families and businesses are also collecting or donating services to assist during the stoppage of SNAP benefits in November. 

Save the Date--

November 3rd-14th--Food Drive for the Tinley Park Food Pantry

• November 2nd--Daylight Saving Time (Fall Back 1 hour)
• November 4th--Election Day (School in Session)
• November 11th--Veteran's Day Assembly (School in Session)
• November 14th--End of Trimester 1
• November 20th--Picture Retakes
• November 25th--Report Cards Emailed 
• November 26th--1/2 Day--11:45 Dismissal
• November 27th-28th--Thanksgiving Break-No School

Mrs. Mitera

Fulton School will be celebrating Veterans Day with an assembly on Tuesday, November 11th at 2:15 p.m. There will be two ways to honor our family veterans during the assembly.

1) If your family veteran is able to attend please return the form.

2) If your family veteran is unable to attend, please fill out the google form below. We will prepare a photo montage honoring those who have passed or are unable to join us.

We look forward to this special observance. It is always a memorable event for our students, staff, and guests. 💓🤍💙

Starting tomorrow, Fulton will be collecting shelf-stable/non-perishable items for donation to the Tinley Park Food Pantry. We appreciate your generosity.

It was perfect weather for our annual costume parade and we proceeded to have tons of fun in the classrooms! Thank you to our volunteers for bringing in treats and preparing the games and activities! Several teachers have posted pictures of class parties on Seesaw and you can see more by clicking the button below.

What an amazing night we had for Trunk or Treat! The decorations, the music, the vendors and the FAMILIES and STAFF made for a great time had by all. Thank you to everyone who decorated a trunk, donated candy, or volunteered in any way--especially our organizers Jenn Matise, Katlin Goldstein, and Jenny Garcia. We appreciate our community participants as well: The Black Willow Brass Quintet, TPPD, Tom's Coffee Truck, Kona Ice, and Lucky Dog food truck.

Congratulations to the winners of the decoration contest:

1st Place: Zilly Family--Jurassic Park

2nd Place: Fratto-Dabrowski Family--Indiana Jones

3rd Place: Goldstein Family--Pirates

It was truly a memorable night! Thank you Fulton PTO for the great experience.

Enjoy the video of the whole Storybook Pumpkin Patch collection!

A few years ago we shared Flat Flame, a play on the story Flat Stanley, with our families to take along here and there, sharing some of their family adventures with our school community. Well, Flat Flame is back, and we want to get ALL of our Flames involved. Each season we ask families to take pictures with Flat Flame doing their favorite activities and traditions and share them with us. We will include some photos in the Fulton Family Update and all of the pictures we receive will be uploaded to our hallway TVs for everyone to see! Please send us your #FlameGame photos to FultonFlatFlames@district146.org 

Our first theme will be “Fall”, which will go through Thanksgiving. 

Please take a picture (or pictures) with Flat Flame and your family and share it with us anytime throughout the fall season. (For you tech savvy folks, you can also photo shop Flat Flame into your photos🙂).

Order your copy of the Fulton yearbook by May 7th!

The Fulton Student Council organizes activities that give back to our local community. We'll be collecting pop tabs all year for the Ronald McDonald House. Can we beat last year's total?

Every Friday, the student Fulton Morning News crew shares their broadcast for all classes to view. We'll share the videos with you here, too! Enjoy!

We’re so proud of all of our students who are recognized for displaying the characteristics of a model Flame! Keep up the great work!

We are excited to share with you our dozens of before/after school activity offerings for K-5 students! From the arts to meditation; from sports to coding; from Student Council to games, and so much more in between, there is something for everyone to enjoy! Please review all of the activity descriptions and dates and expect permission slips home in the future. Remember, it's important to be on time for arrival and dismissal of the activities.

As we enter cold and flu season, please remember:

A child who is well should be in school, and one who is sick should be kept home. A child who has a fever at or above 100 degrees, and/or is experiencing vomiting, diarrhea, or an uncontrolled cough should be kept home and not return to school for 24 hours after symptoms subside and fever returns to normal (without the use of fever reducing medications).

A child who has a diagnosed communicable disease, undiagnosed rash, or uncontrolled cough should also be kept home. 

Returning to school prematurely after illness may result in additional absences because the child is vulnerable to recurrence of the illness, and because of the potential cross infection with other students who may be in the beginning stages of an illness.

A student who sustains an illness or injury which requires an absence of four or more days must present a physician’s statement in order to be readmitted to school. 

Encouraging hand washing and covering coughs will help limit the spread of germs.

Students will be going outside for recess as often as possible. The following are our school/district guidelines.

🔆Hot Weather Conditions: We will switch to indoor recess if the temperature is 100 degrees with heat index or if the grounds are too wet.

⛄Cold Weather Conditions: We will switch to indoor recess if the temperature is below 20 degrees with wind chill, or if our grounds are too icy or wet.

We value the opportunity for students to engage in movement and independent play/socialization. Please watch the weather and be sure to send whatever your child needs to be comfortable playing outside each day.

To ensure the safety of all students and to remain in compliance with state law, parents are required to notify the school office if their child will not be in attendance. This notification must take place within the first hour of school. When reporting an absence, please call the school office, use the voicemail system, or enter the absence into Powerschool anytime, day or night. You may inform the office of attendance 24 hours day/7 days a week. 

Please notify the office of any absence or anticipated late arrival by calling 708-614-4525. Additionally, if your child will have a change in dismissal plans (leaving early, not taking the bus, etc.), please let the office know by 2:00. Informing the office in a timely way makes dismissal run more smoothly for all!

A few reminders for the front of the school at dismissal:

• Please do not park against a yellow marked curb. Parking nearest the exit over the yellow lines obstructs everyone's view and clearance.
• Please park behind the yellow sign closest to the school. The spaces directly in front are reserved for special transportation needs.
  
• Please adhere to the sign and turn RIGHT out of the driveway during arrival and dismissal. This reduces the chance of crossing oncoming traffic and the potential for an accident.
• Pedestrians crossing the drive to get to their cars should use the crosswalk at the east end of the drive for the safest path.
• Please avoid turning around in our neighbors' driveways and blocking entrances/exits.
• No cell phone use in school zones.

Bus transportation is also available for most students attending Fulton school. Please contact the office if you would like to add your child(ren) to a bus route.

Anyone who would like to volunteer in classrooms or at school events must have a background check on file. Please be sure to submit an application here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/ODQzMzplbi1VUw== If you are unsure whether you have submitted a background check in the past, please contact the office. 

As you may have seen, we have a new food service vendor, Whitsons Culinary Group. Breakfast and lunch will be available for all K-5 students for a fee (breakfast $1.50, lunch $3.75). Lunch money may be set up through Pushcoin. Students will receive a debit card to purchase meals through the breakfast/lunch lines. If needed, applications for free and/or reduced fees should be completed. These forms are available in the school office and on the district website. When available, monthly menus will be posted to the district website, https://www.fdmealplanner.com/, and the FD MealPlanner app. 

We have completed our bus evacuation and earthquake drills. We are down to our evacuation walk on Friday and all drills will be complete. Thank you for support!

Within a couple of weeks, American School Bus will use Bus Bulletin to alert District 146 parents of bus delays and schedule changes.
Bus Bulletin sends parents instant notifications via text message, email, and/or phone call. There is no cost for parents to sign up and receive notifications.
For more information or to sign up for notifications, please visit the Bus Bulletin website.

We want to hear from YOU! Please let us know about your experiences at Fulton School so we can work together to improve or keep the good things going!

Our 25-26 PTO Board can't wait to partner with YOU for events like Book Fairs, appreciation days, etc.!

President: Megan Combs

Vice President: Melissa Sands

Treasurer: Jamie Bellik

Secretary: Melissa Santangelo

Committee Members: Jennifer Matise and Kristin Wooten

The PTO is selling in-stock spirit wear using this link.

Order today!

Email: mmitera@district146.org
Website: http://fulton.district146.org/
Location: 6601 West 171st Street, Tinley Park, IL, USA
Phone: 708-614-4525
Facebook: facebook.com/FultonFlames